Pain
From the Journals
Most muscle pain on statins not a drug effect: SAMSON in print
Trial makes a strong case for the pain usually being a nocebo effect.
Pearl of the Month
Case: Patient with statin-associated muscle symptoms
What treatment recommendation would you make for this patient?
Conference Coverage
Growing proportion of cardiac arrests in U.S. considered opioid related
Due to a steep rise, opioid-associated cardiac arrests have become a major public health issue.
Conference Coverage
‘Lopioid protocol’ – low-dose opioids – proposed for fracture surgery
“Managing narcotics postoperatively can be challenging due to the fact that many people come into these fractures with a history of narcotic use...
From the Journals
‘Deeper dive’ into opioid overdose deaths during COVID pandemic
Results also showed that, compared to 2019, significantly more men died from overdoses in 2020 in Colorado and Indiana.
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PA gets prison time for knowingly prescribing unneeded addictive drugs
The PA also admitted that in several instances he engaged in sexual, physical contact with female patients who were attempting to get...
From the Journals
Atogepant reduces migraine days: ADVANCE trial results published
“Overall, this study showed us that atogepant was safe and surprisingly seems to be pretty effective regardless of the dose.”
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Doctor wins restraining order against CVS after prescription ban
A judge ruled that the doctor is likely to succeed in his claim that CVS barred his prescriptions without evidence that he violated any law or...
From the Journals
Pandemic derails small success in lowering diabetes-related amputations
Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely...
From the Journals
Opioid prescribing laws having an impact
The number of days an opioid was prescribed for each Medicare beneficiary decreased by 11.6 days in 2018 in states that imposed duration limits....
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Physician ‘predator’ sentenced for opioid-related patient death; more
“Doctors take an oath to first do no harm, and instead, Ballard chose to put his own licentious interests above his patients’ well-being.”